LEFT FIELD
← Priority Index

VA-01 · MODEL v1.14 · 2 INPUTS MEASURED

Robert J. Wittman

VA-01 enters through the Republican-held flip route at 48.7. V0.9 replaces the flat 0.70 cap with the same partial-coverage rule the Democratic route uses: 65% of the route's evidence is available, so the weighted mean of 56.6 is scaled by 0.860, moving the score +6.0. V0.10 refreshes incumbent finance from the FEC candidate summary through 2026-07-15, moving the score -0.1 to 48.6.

Priority score48.6#2,252 of 5,726Tie of 3

THE MEMBER

Record

Robert J. Wittman is the current Republican House member for VA-01. The retained congressional history records 18.6 cumulative years of House service through the source cutoff.

First House service
Dec 13, 2007
District changes
0
Alignment gap
Not in this score
Bioguide record
W000804

THE DISTRICT

VA-01

VA-01 recorded a R+4.9 presidential margin in 2024. The incumbent reported $4,269,831 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. This route surfaces potentially competitive Republican-held districts without inventing Democratic-primary, AIPAC, or alignment evidence.

2024 presidential margin
R+4.9
Cash on hand
$4,292,789
Receipts / disbursements
$4,053,142 / $1,136,232
Finance through
Jul 15, 2026
Route
Republican-held flip screen
Baseline score
61.0

SCORE ANATOMY

What makes the score

General-election competitiveness

80.2

The retained 2024 presidential result was R+4.9. A tied district begins at 100 and each Republican margin point subtracts four points.

Democratic primary

Not in this score

Not applicable to this Republican-held general-election route; no Democratic-primary value is imputed.

AIPAC support

Not in this score

Not used in this route because the retained candidate-level AIPAC model covers the Democratic incumbent field.

Incumbent alignment

Not in this score

Not used in this route because the retained alignment trackers cover Democratic incumbents.

Cash vulnerability

3.3

The FEC candidate summary snapshot (2026-07-15) reports $4,292,789 cash on hand, replacing the $4,269,831 release aggregate. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.

State Democratic primary contestation

Not in this score

No retained state-legislative Democratic primary catalog records uncontested contests for this state, so the component is omitted and the available weight is renormalized.

HOUSE HISTORY

Recorded service

2007–2009VA-01Completed term
2009–2011VA-01Completed term
2011–2013VA-01Completed term
2013–2015VA-01Completed term
2015–2017VA-01Completed term
2017–2019VA-01Completed term
2019–2021VA-01Completed term
2021–2023VA-01Completed term
2023–2025VA-01Completed term
2025–nowVA-01Current at source cutoff

Formula v0.9 Republican-held route: renormalized 0.45 × competitiveness + 0.20 × cash vulnerability + 0.15 × local context + 0.20 × state Democratic primary contestation (65% of component weight available) × 0.860 coverage multiplier; the former flat 0.70 cap is removed; v0.10 refreshes cash vulnerability from the FEC candidate summary snapshot

Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger · Factual seat record